Schnuck Markets will close its 10634 St. Charles Rock Road location in St. Ann on May 5 and a store in Festus at 1275 North Truman Boulevard on June 30. Both stores are in Missouri. All of the approximately 130 employees at the two stores will be offered transfers to nearby Schnucks stores and retain […]
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Southeastern Grocers Closing Several Stores
Southeastern Grocers (SEG) will be closing several Winn-Dixie, Bi-Lo and Harveys stores. Joe Caldwell, senior manager of corporate communications for SEG, said the company had “made the difficult decision to close the following stores:” Seven Winn-Dixie locations: 4360 Okeechobee Boulevard, West Palm Beach, Florida; 3435 N. Federal Highway, Pompano Beach, Florida; 1850 N. Tamiami Trail, […]
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Study Discredits ‘Retail Apocalypse’ As Retailers Opening 4,000+ Stores
U.S. retailers are opening 4,080 more stores in 2017 than they are closing and plan to open more than 5,500 more in 2018, according to a new research report from IHL Group. The report, “Debunking the Retail Apocalypse,” was released Aug. 30 and is available for free download here. The research reviewed more than 1,800 retail chains […]
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Martin’s To Close Nine Virginia Stores This Summer
Martin’s Food Markets will close its remaining nine stores in the greater Richmond and Williamsburg communities this summer. It will leave the Ahold Delhaize-owned grocery chain with a dozen stores in Virginia. It also operates units in Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. “Throughout this difficult process, our top concern has been to take care of […]
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Whole Foods Closing Nine Stores In Five Regions
Whole Foods Market said during its earnings call Wednesday that it will close nine stores in the second quarter. According to John Mackey, co-founder and CEO, the company has been moderating its lease signings and capital expenditures over the last two years. “We are also continually evaluating stores on a case-by-case basis, balancing the age, […]
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Longtime Retailer Mars Super Markets To Exit July 31
On the heels of its deal to sell five stores to Weis Markets, Mars Super Markets has notified its employees that the remaining eight stores would close by July 31 unless it can find a buyer for them. On May 24, Weis Markets announced plans to purchase the five Mars stores in Baltimore County, Maryland, […]
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Walmart Closing 154 U.S. Stores
Walmart said Jan. 15 that it will close 269 stores globally; 154 of them are in the U.S. The U.S. stores that will close include the company’s 102 smallest format stores, Walmart Express, which had been in pilot since 2011. Walmart said it will instead focus on its supercenters, Neighborhood Markets and growing its e-commerce […]